This deluxe edition will mark the first time the book has been published in its original Japanese right-to-left format in English.
NEW HARDCOVER DELUXE EDITION!Now a major motion picture!
.Definitive new edition supervised by creator Shirow Masamune
.In the original, right-to-left format with Japanese sound effects for the first time!
.Released simultaneously with deluxe editions of The Ghost in the Shell 1 and 1.5
The long-awaited sequel to Shirow Masamune's groundbreaking The Ghost in the Shell, and one of the most highly anticipated graphic novel events in many years, Man-Machine Interface is Shirow's most ambitious and complex story yet, with deep forays into philosophy and the meaning of artificial life, intelligence, and existence.
In 1983, Masamune published his first manga, Black Magic from Atlas, a science fiction dojin manga society (dojin is the Japanese term to describe an amateur fan publication). In 1985, his first major work, Appleseed, was published by Seishinsha, without being serialized in or submitted to a manga magazine, which is quite rare in the Japanese manga publishing industry. Shortly thereafter, Shirow set up his own company, and besides working on his own manga and illustration work, took on projects from the anime and game industry. Shirow's work has been recognized and highly respected outside Japan. He has been active in numerous anime and game projects but it is rare for him to take the helm of such projects, or even to have his name used prominently.
Shirow Masamune was born in Japan in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, on November 23rd, 1961. He still lives in the same district.
ISBN: 9781632364234
Author: Shirow Masamune
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 15 February 2017
Publisher: Kodansha
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 260 x 187 x 24
Weight (kg): 0.87
